imed_export_figure: Export a publication figure

In imedR: Guarded Evidence Synthesis for the Indian Microplastics Evidence Database

Export a publication figure

Description

Export a publication figure

Usage

imed_export_figure(
  plot,
  filename,
  width = 180,
  height = 120,
  units = "mm",
  dpi = 600
)

Arguments

plot	A 'ggplot' object, for example from 'imed_plot()'.
filename	Output file path; the format follows the file extension.
width	Figure width in 'units' (default 180).
height	Figure height in 'units' (default 120).
units	Units for 'width' and 'height' (default '"mm"').
dpi	Resolution in dots per inch (default 600).

Value

The path 'filename', returned invisibly. The function is called for its side effect of writing the figure to disk.

Examples

toy <- data.frame(
  Study_ID = paste0("S", 1:12),
  Comparability_Class = "CLASS_A",
  Reported_Unit = "items/L",
  Metric_Type = "Abundance",
  Strict_Synthesis_Eligibility = "YES",
  Group = rep(c("g1", "g2"), 6),
  Mean = c(2.1, 3.4, 1.8, 4.0, 2.9, 3.1, 2.4, 3.8, 1.9, 3.3, 2.7, 4.2),
  SD = rep(c(0.6, 0.9), 6),
  N = rep(c(10, 12, 8), 4)
)
p <- imed_plot(toy, type = "histogram")
out <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")
imed_export_figure(p, out, width = 90, height = 60, dpi = 100)
file.exists(out)
unlink(out)

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